Ancient Rome Notes

World Regions and Cultures 11- Western Europe- Ancient Rome Notes

Student Learning Objective- Students will be able to explain the effects of Roman civilization!

1. In 509 B.C. Rome was founded as a ______________.
2. People who owe allegiance to and are entitled to protection from a state are called ____________
3. The two types of citizens in Rome were the ____________and the ____________(plebs).
4. ____________were the wealthy landowners who were favored by the law
5. ____________were made up by farmers, merchants and other citizens
6. ____________could not vote or hold office
7. ____________, who were foreigners captured in wars, had no rights
8. The law of the 12 ____________was famous for being an early law code
9. Rome was an early example of ____________Democracy
10. Like the American 2 house system, the ____________branch was made up of 2 houses.
11. The ____________represented the Patricians
12. The Assembly represented the Plebs
13. The ____________branch was headed by 2 consuls who served 1 year terms.
14. Later in the Republic, ____________gained the ability to make their own wills and business arrangements and to control their own money and property.
15. Also, ____________gained the right to purchase their freedom and become citizens.
16. By 290 BC Rome had grown from a small Republic along the Tiber River to controlling almost all of the Italian ____________
17. Rome ended up conquering and controlling vast areas (see map pg. 318) because of army units divided into ____________
18. legions were groups of 80 to 100 men
19. All male, adult citizens had to serve in the army or navy
20. From 264-146, Rome defeated ____________and their leader Hannibal.  It was one of the biggest victories
21. Crises and civil wars caused Rome to become more of a ____________in the 1^st Century BC
22. Julius Caesar became the first ____________or dictator of Rome
23. The Roman Language was ____________
24. Today, 5 languages are based on Latin.  They are called the Romantic languages
25. They are French, Italian, ____________, Spanish and Romanian
26. Roman architecture is famous for ____________, domes, columns, cement, etc.
27. Rome had an extensive trade network which included Central Asia, Africa, and Europe
28. At first, the ____________gods were imitated and altered for Religion
29. Christianity and ____________as a whole was banned because it challenged Roman beliefs
30. In 313 AD Constantine ended the persecution of Christians in the Roman empire
31. Constantine also created a 2^nd or “Eastern” capital called ____________in the modern-day city of Istanbul
32. In 392 AD, Christianity became the official Roman religion
33. In 396 AD, Emperor Theodocius outlawed the ____________games
34. After the fall of Rome, Constantinople became the famous capital of a very powerful empire named ____________empire which controlled much of the known world until the 15^thcentury
35. After that empire fell, Turks controlled the powerful Ottoman empire out of modern-day Istanbul
36. Why and how did Rome collapse since it was so unbelievably strong?
____________

1. high tax rate and low birth rate
2. bad and greedy leaders
3. Peasants and Slaves unhappy (Spartacus)
4. Rome was spread too thin
5. Defeated by many ____________tribes

                                                              i.      Visagoths

                                                            ii.      Ostragoths

                                                          iii.      Franks

                                                          iv.      Vandals

Prepare to locate the following on a map for Quiz #5, which is Friday, 10/23:

• Belgium
• Germany
• Denmark
• Switzerland
• Austria
• Italy
• Holy See (Vatican City) 
• San Marino
• Greece
• Malta
• Norway
• Sweden